This isn’t a story about Chess. It’s a story about REDEMPTION.
6 weeks ago I EMBARRASSED myself by admitting that I had an addiction problem. Not to something cool like drinking, or gambling, or cigs, or drugs. No. Instead, I was addicted to blitz chess.
In this post, I’m going to EMBARRASS myself again by showing how much this means to me.
Previously, I explained that I was close to the elusive 2000 rating barrier in blitz on chess.com, and that in my quest for reaching 2000, I let addiction overcome productive chess improvement. I spiraled into a full tilt “Play Again” cycle until I tumbled all the way down to 1760 and forced myself to take a two day break.
Just 6 weeks later, covyandmelon has achieved the long-awaited 2000 blitz rating, on the nose no less.
I attribute the achievement, unsurprisingly, to NOT spamming blitz games. Instead doing puzzles, studying some book I bought, and playing a few OTB games for the first time in 9 months.
What now? Do I retire? Do I ride off into the sunset like Jordan or Manning on top of the world and never play another blitz game? A goal like 2100 doesn’t have the same pizazz as 2000.
I’ll worry about that later, but for now I will bask in the glory of finally joining the 2000 club. And remember, if you can dream it, you can do it.
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